Creative Jazz Improvisation
- Author: Reeves, Scott
- Author: Walsh, Tom
Book
$192.00Printed on demand
Contents
- PART 1 : THE ART OF IMPROVISATION /
- 1. Practicing and Performing Jazz /
- PART 2 : DIATONIC CHORDS AND THE MODES IN THE MAJOR SCALE /
- 2. Major Scales and Major 7th Chords /
- 3. Dorian Scales and Minor 7th Chords /
- 4. Mixolydian and Dominant Bebop Scales, and Dominant 7th Chords /
- 5. The ii V I Progression and Functional Harmony /
- 6. Locrian and Aeolian Scales, and the iiO7 V7 9 i Progression /
- 7. Lydian and Phrygian Scales, and Major 7 5 Chords /
- PART 3 : CHORD SUBSTITUTIONS, HARMONIC STRUCTURES, AND FORMS /
- 8. The Blues Scale, the Blues Form, and Chord Substitutions /
- 9. Sectional Forms and Rhythm Changes /
- 10. Harmonic Structures and Coltrane Substitutions /
- PART 4 : ALTERED CHORDS, DIMINISHED MODES, WHOLE-TONE SCALES, AND HARMONIC MINOR AND MELODIC MINOR MODES /
- 11. Diminished Scales, Fully Diminished Chords, and Dominant 7 9 Chords /
- 12. Whole-Tone Scales and Augmented Chords /
- 13. Melodic and Harmonic Minor Scales, and Minor/Major 7th Chords /
- 14. Locrian #2 and Altered Scales, and Minor iiO9 V7 9 5 i Progressions /
- 15. Lydian Augmented and Lydian Dominant Scales, and Major 7th 5 and Dominant 9th 11 Chords /
- PART 5 : BEYOND FUNCTIONAL HARMONY /
- 16. Free Improvisation /
- 17. Pentatonic Scales /
- 18. Four-Note Groupings Derived from Pentatonic Scales /
- 19. Intervallic Improvisation /
- 20. Odd Meters /
- Appendix I: Intervals /
- Appendix II: Modes in the Major Scale /
- Appendix III: Modes in the Melodic Minor Scale /
- Appendix IV: Diatonic 7th Chords in Major Keys /
- Appendix V: Diatonic 7th Chords in Minor Keys /
- Appendix VI: Chords and Their Relationship to Scales /
- Appendix VII: Upper Structure or "Slash" Chords /
- Appendix VIII: Creativity and an Overview of Kenny Werner's Effortless Mastery Method